Sturgeon, Salmon and Halibut
At Berkeley/Emeryville, the salmon and halibut trips aren’t very productive, but the halibut boats did much better. Only one salmon was caught last Friday with 16 people on the trip. Halibut trips with 3 boats and about 28 fishermen came back with 9 halibut and 2 bass.
At Suisun Bay, better weather improved the sturgeon bite, with some bigger stripers caught near buoy 2 this week, one weighing 21 pounds. San Pablo Bay slowed down again after the halibut bite had improved a week ago, and the bad weather only made it worse. This weekend could be a good time to try again.
San Francisco Bay got back some of the halibut bite after the wind died down. Candlestick has been the hot spot this week for both halibut and stripers, though the fish weren’t big.
For river fishermen, the Lower Sacramento is clear and you can wade the edge easily. Most fish biting are between Anderson and Redding. The Upper Sacramento is best for shore anglers.
Trout
Lake Amador is only about three feet shy of full right now and it seems to be helping the bite quite a bit. The lake will be getting about 3,000 of trout each week through the beginning of June and that should cause the trout to bite even better than they have been. Bass are also biting well, both for shore anglers and trollers.
The San Pablo Reservoir has had some good trout fishing near Sandy Point and the Pines. Fishermen are using Power Bait and nightcrawlers, as well as the worms along with marshmallows to snag them. Shore fishermen are having better look that trollers lately, but this week trollers did a bit better than usual. The biggest fish this week weighed 9 pounds. The Lafayette Reservoir is benefiting from the double weekly trout plants with much better biting, and some even getting their limits. Stick around Harry’s Cove or the South Cove where they’re pulling in limits with some weighing up to 7 pounds each.
At Los Vaqueros, all the anglers will be hanging around Cowboy Cove this weekend, thanks to a 23-pound cat being caught there this week. Overall the finishing here is inconsistent, at least for trout. Bass biting has been all right, but nothing special. Cowboy Cove is also giving fisherman their limits in trout. A plant went in this week and everyone seems to expect that it could make the trout bite more consistent unless the weather patterns turn dodgy.
At Berryessa, the water’s coming up and bass are still biting pretty well. The most common weight caught is around 3 pounds. Bon Tempe got about a thousand pounds of trout last week but the biting is about the same. Folsom has gone up a total of 30 feet in just the last 2 weeks. Bass aren’t biting right now but should once the level stabilizes.
Don Pedro is still offering up very good salmon fishing, but the size is disappointing many anglers. To try for your own, stay between 40 and 100 feet down. The lures that most are using right now are Slimfins with things like anchovies. Hot spots for Kokanee are the same as last week, near Jenkins Hill and Big Oak Island. Graveyard Bay is a new spot for them this week, where they’re hovering in the top 20 feet of water. Fleming Bay was good for King salmon week before last, and now it’s offering up a lot of rainbow trout.
Shadow Cliffs is still a good spot for trout fishing, whether you troll or fish from shore. A plant went in last week so the good news here should continue. Unfortunately, Quarry Lakes is still suffering from problems with murky water and algae that’s dried up the trout bite.
Pardee is offering up some salmon about 50 feet down near the dam. Rainbow trout are biting but the brown trout have all but disappeared. Much will depend on the weather this weekend. The San Luis Reservoir is giving anglers using minnows good luck this week. Shore anglers are having far better luck that trollers, but trollers are having some luck in Lone Oak Bay and Portuguese Cove. The first aren’t big, but they’re biting pretty well there.
At New Melones, Kokanee are biting well but there aren’t any spots where they seem concentrated, rather they’re all over and hard to find. When you find them, however, they do bite easily. The only places that they seem to hover are near Coyote Creek and the dam, but even those spots are inconsistent. Try about 20 feet down with spinners to catch some. Rainbow trout seem to be hovered near Rose Island and the Spillway.
Lake Chabot had a good trout bite before the rain this week, and it should improve on the other side of it, too. Kastmasters and Rapalas are what most anglers are having good results with. They’re also using Power Bait to good results. Some trout are being caught near Raccoon Point and the Burners. Lake Camanche is in the middle of bass spawning season with anglers using plastic having some luck. Trout are biting very well.
Contra Loma is offering up catfish for those who are using bright Power Bait, while nightcrawlers are pulling in catfish and trout. Most are decent sized at just over a foot long. The hot spots right now seem to be the east side of the lake, as well as Channel Point. Clear Lake is inconsistent thanks to cold weather coming and going. Bass are also spawning which makes biting spotty. Anglers in the north end using minnows are having the best fishing.
At Del Valle, poor weather means few fishermen. The Marina area did offer up a trout this week that weighed about 6 pounds. The weekend should be a good time to fish after the water clears up. Nightcrawlers and Power Bait were working the best before the cold weather moved in, so try those again.
Photo Credits: darinmarshall
Originally posted 2010-04-23 17:14:40. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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